TY - GEN
T1 - Improving performance in the preparation and delivery of antineoplastic medications at a community hospital
T2 - 61st Annual Conference and Expo of the Institute of Industrial Engineers
AU - Lu, Tao
AU - Wang, Shuli
AU - Li, Jingshan
AU - Lucas, Paul
AU - Anderson, Mike
AU - Ross, Kay
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PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - In this paper, we introduce a simulation study to improve the antineoplastic medication preparation and delivery performance at a pharmacy department in a large community hospital. The goal of this work is to help pharmacy reduce patients' average waiting time when receiving chemotherapy. This will be achieved by simulating and analyzing the preparation and delivery procedures to identify process bottlenecks, carry out what-if analysis, predict the impact of improvement effort, and provide recommendations to hospital leadership. Using the simulation model, we discover that by introducing early preparation for the returning patients and dedicating an infusion staff member for medication delivery, patients' waiting time for antineoplastic medications can be reduced substantially. Such improvements do not require additional floor space or significant investment. The recommendation has been accepted by hospital management and implemented in the pharmacy department. The preliminary results have verified the simulation output with the desired improvement predicted by the model.
AB - In this paper, we introduce a simulation study to improve the antineoplastic medication preparation and delivery performance at a pharmacy department in a large community hospital. The goal of this work is to help pharmacy reduce patients' average waiting time when receiving chemotherapy. This will be achieved by simulating and analyzing the preparation and delivery procedures to identify process bottlenecks, carry out what-if analysis, predict the impact of improvement effort, and provide recommendations to hospital leadership. Using the simulation model, we discover that by introducing early preparation for the returning patients and dedicating an infusion staff member for medication delivery, patients' waiting time for antineoplastic medications can be reduced substantially. Such improvements do not require additional floor space or significant investment. The recommendation has been accepted by hospital management and implemented in the pharmacy department. The preliminary results have verified the simulation output with the desired improvement predicted by the model.
KW - Antineoplastic medications
KW - Delivery
KW - Pharmacy department
KW - Simulation
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84900319192
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M3 - RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication)
T3 - 61st Annual IIE Conference and Expo Proceedings
BT - 61st Annual IIE Conference and Expo Proceedings
PB - Institute of Industrial Engineers
Y2 - 21 May 2011 through 25 May 2011
ER -